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Maurice was born in 1930 into a world that would be unrecognisable today. There was 25% unemployment in the UK and workhouses had only just been abolished. One thing that hasn’t changed though is that England lost the Ashes to Australia 2-1. Quite remarkably, Don Bradman, that most famous of Australian batsmen, scored an unbelievable 2960 runs at an average …

Wednesday 29 May 2013 If Liverpool signed a centre-forward in 2013, and he went on to score 35 goals in 75 games for the club, he would be hailed as a sensation and valued at many millions of pounds. But when Alan Arnell did just that in the 1950s, he was discarded by the Second Division Reds, and saw out …

Former Air Member for Supply and Organisation, died from motor neurone disease on November 19, 1998 aged 63. He was born on August 23, 1935. As one of the most senior members of the Air Board between 1988 and 1993, Benny Jackson was a central figure in the debate over privatisation within the RAF. Widely regarded as one of the cleverest of his Service generation, he …

On 17th May 2017, my Dad died. He was born on 17 April 1942. Dad had been fit and strong all his life (I don’t think I can even remember him having a cold) but a series of somewhat mysterious medical issues blighted his final year. His condition flummoxed the medics and he defied the odds so many times, particularly …

From The Times of London, November 10, 2017 Eminent urologist with a passion for vintage cars and themed parties who was a pioneer in the use of keyhole surgery. Until 1991, a patient whose kidney had been removed would be left with a 9 inch scar that would not disgrace a war veteran. All that began to change in August …

From Colin Snook: On Friday 21st April I attended the funeral of Old Cicestrian Martyn Ives Vesey at The Church of St James, Birdham who sadly died on 30th March 2017 aged 72. Martin McGranaghan was also present. During the service conducted by The Reverend Jonathan Swindells, Anthems were sung by the ‘Sansara Consort’ directed by Ben Cunningham, Choir Leader …

From Mrs Elisabeth Woodfield April 2, 2017 I am writing to let you know that my husband died on 1st December 2016, aged 86, so that you can amend your records. Ken always very much enjoyed receiving the Old Cicestrians newsletter, though we have not been able to travel to Chichester for some years. As your records may show, Ken …

BALDWIN Peter – Died 21-10-2015 – Aged 82 – Chi High years 1944-49 – Born Chidham 1933 – National Service in Army – Trained at Bristol Old Vic –Joined West End Theatre Company – Jobbing actor best known for his role as Derek Wilton in TV’s Coronation Street which lasted 21 years. Later purveyor of Pollacks Toy Shop in Covent …

Reprinted from The Times of London 27 December, 2016 Dudley Smith was an enthusiastic Thatcherite until in May 1990 he dared to express dissatisfaction by using a football analogy: “Do you sack the manager or don’t you? You may have a good manager but what if the team isn’t scoring goals?” Six months later Margaret Thatcher was out of office. …

Sad early death of one of our most prestigious Old Boys; a mathematician who championed the cause of Alan Turing, the disgraced wartime codebreaker who has since been acclaimed as a hero. Without the tireless efforts of the mathematician S Barry Cooper, the story of Alan Turing, the brilliant but ill-starred computer pioneer and wartime codebreaker, might never have re-emerged, …